Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative(NUMBER[(](\d{1,3},\d)[)])

Group 1(NUMBER[(](\d{1,3},\d)[)])

NUMBERthe literal text NUMBER (case insensitive)

Character Class[(]

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2(\d{1,3},\d)

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative(NUMBER[(]((\d{1,3})|(\d{1,3}[,]\d))[)]((?=\/DECIMAL)|(?=\/PERCENTAGE)).*)

Group 3(NUMBER[(]((\d{1,3})|(\d{1,3}[,]\d))[)]((?=\/DECIMAL)|(?=\/PERCENTAGE)).*)

NUMBERthe literal text NUMBER (case insensitive)

Character Class[(]

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 4((\d{1,3})|(\d{1,3}[,]\d))

1st Alternative(\d{1,3})

Group 5(\d{1,3})

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

2nd Alternative(\d{1,3}[,]\d)

Group 6(\d{1,3}[,]\d)

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

Character Class[,]

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Group 7((?=\/DECIMAL)|(?=\/PERCENTAGE))

1st Alternative(?=\/DECIMAL)

Positive Lookahead(?=\/DECIMAL)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

DECIMALthe literal text DECIMAL (case insensitive)

2nd Alternative(?=\/PERCENTAGE)

Positive Lookahead(?=\/PERCENTAGE)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

PERCENTAGEthe literal text PERCENTAGE (case insensitive)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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Regular Expression

(NUMBER[(](\d{1,3},\d)[)])|(NUMBER[(]((\d{1,3})|(\d{1,3}[,]\d))[)]((?=\/DECIMAL)|(?=\/PERCENTAGE)).*)

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